France moves in Mali
France started air strikes by its
powerful jet aircrafts evening before yesterday, I was searching the channels when
I suddenly came across the news as I speak French since long time.
The French officials tried to
justify France's intervention in Mali, the French president said in a televised
speech that his country was solicited by Malian regime to help crack down on
the rebel fighters in South of Mali, and that his country acts in line with resolutions of the Security Councils, the Islamist fighters follow very strict
version of Islam.
Earlier the Islamist rebels in Mali
started what they said is a "campaign" to destroy all the old graves (enlisted as a world heritage) in Mali in order to prevent Muslim peasants from venerating such places,
a thing that goes against the instructions of the religion. They also declared
an independent state in southern Mali but later on they gave up "the state"
due to tremendous international pressure.
France has many burdens and particularly
economic hardships and its economy has been shrinking over the last decade because of various international factors, and the unemployment has risen sharply in
comparison to the days before the international financial crisis. All that means
that France is going to risk its economy and security by going into war in
Africa for long time and if it does not eliminate the threat there forever.
If French succeed in the fight in
minimum time possible, then this will be in its favor but if things get worse,
the war will last longer and will not be decisive. However, if France wins then I
expected it will be achieve a considerable boost to France's economy and international
relations.
France needs also to confront the
rebels inside its territories if they decide to strike back. But this option
will not be frightening because the facilities to the armed people in France
should be very limited.
Khaldun Qaisi
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